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5.
Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to
resolution 50/190,7 and requests him to continue his efforts to seek ways and
means, including through consultations with the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights and relevant regional organizations, to
establish an adequate international monitoring presence in Kosovo and to
report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session;
6.
Encourages the Secretary-General to pursue his humanitarian
efforts in the former Yugoslavia, in liaison with the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children's Fund and
other appropriate humanitarian organizations, with a view to taking urgent
practical steps to tackle the critical needs of the people in Kosovo,
especially of the most vulnerable groups affected by the conflict, and to
assist in the voluntary return of displaced persons to their homes in
conditions of safety and dignity;
7.
Emphasizes the importance of laws and regulations concerning
citizenship applied by the authorities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
(Serbia and Montenegro) being in accordance with the standards and principles
of non-discrimination, equal protection before the law and the reduction and
avoidance of statelessness, as set out in the relevant international human
rights instruments;
8.
Decides to continue examination of the human rights situation in
Kosovo at its fifty-second session under the item entitled "Human rights
questions".
82nd plenary meeting
12 December 1996
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